The community of Southwell will come together later for a ‘Flood Fest’ to commemorate last year’s flood which affected almost 100 homes. There will be sport, a BBQ, music and the first annual Southwell Tug o’ War Championship. The local residents will also tae part in the mass singing of a song for Southwell –… Read more »
The new Shoothill GaugeMap shows river level data for the River Greet in Southwell.
Katy Todd from Southwell Flood Forum and local resident Ian Robinson were on Radio Nottingham to promote Southwell Flood Fest.
Thank you to those who attended the Southwell Flood Forum Flood Warden and Road Closure Warden training event yesterday at Southwell Fire Station. The training event was an overwhelming success with members of the local community attending. The Emergency Planning team will be able to use the feedback provided at the session in the operational and strategic… Read more »
Volunteers signed up to help Southwell cope in the event of future flooding during a drop-in session at the library. More than 60 people attended the Southwell Flood Forum event, which featured stalls and information about issues such as flood resilience measures and home insurance. Mrs Jacky Huson, of the flood forum, said 22 people… Read more »
On 12 March 2012, Environment Agency officers attended an incident on the Potwell Dyke watercourse in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. The incident was reported by Severn Trent Water who said that water pollution had discharged into the watercourse from their combined sewer outfall.
Southwell Flood Forum members have had a number of meetings with high profile politicians in these busy pre-by-election weeks. They’ve all been very impressed with the way the Flood Forum is working hard to make a difference and gathered such tremendous momentum. They heard personal stories about the long-term impact of flooding and how people… Read more »
Robert Jenrick MP mentioned Southwell in Prime Minister’s Questions today in relation to flooding grants. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LxZ3vHNnO8
Somerset residents were inundated with flooding earlier this year but Mr Spencer said the number of houses affected in his constituency was probably greater. The MP said if there were a repeat of the same disastrous weather conditions in future, water needed to be removed from the village much quicker and its rapid progress down… Read more »
New Newark MP Mr Robert Jenrick’s first question in Parliament related to flooding in Southwell. During Prime Minister’s Questions today, Mr Jenrick said: “I regret to inform the Prime Minister that the town of Southwell in my constituency was again flooded last week. “Would the Prime Minister re-affirm his commitment to support my proposal that… Read more »
